Aphorisms.
A dictionary of ideasfrom Art to Zen. |
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Art. The best art creates a flash of another world and a celebration of this one. ------------------------- The Zen approach: make yourself beautiful, then just paint naturally. |
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Death. "Am I the sky or a bird?" - Tom Waits. ------------------------- You’re going to die. But right now, you’re alive. You’re ALIVE. Make it count. (See also: Time) |
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Fate. If there’s one thing that makes life worth living, it’s that you can make life worth living. Carpe Diem. |
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Freedom. The world needs more of this, but it's too often taken by power or lost to fear. Be free. |
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Ideals. Sometimes we're so set on fixing the world that we miss all the beauty that surrounds us. Strive to make things better, but don't expect them to be perfect. Improve your personality, but love yourself as you are. |
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Kids. Five more senses: wonder, humour, adventure, honour and character. Children have the first three; adults can learn two more, or lose all five. |
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Kindness. In your eyes, it makes you beautiful. In your heart, it makes you whole. In your life, it returns to you. |
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Love. A force toward unity. (See also: Romance, Loss) |
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Loss. This probably won't help, but... empty space, by definition, is not there. There is nothing missing in your life. |
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Money. Money is a means and not an end. Enough for necessity, stimulation, and freedom from worry; the rest is only paper. |
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Romance. Respect, passion, and affection; mind, body and heart. ------------------------- "Your love for each other should exceed your need for each other" - Dalai Lama. Love offers more than it demands. (See also: Love, Sex, Kids) |
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Sex. Also helps us make kids. ------------------------- We need to rescue sex from the internet porn, the maxim magazines, the creeps and the sleaze... and make it what it should be, a mutually enjoyable, life-affirming, romantic, sensual and exciting thing. ------------------------- Men: the biological imperative to spread your seed is no excuse for acting like an animal. Have some respect. |
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Success. First know what you want, then make it happen. Introspection, then action. ------------------------- If you don't risk failure, you'll never succeed. ( |
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Thought. The range of thought, like the range of experience, is so beautifully enormous that one lifetime is never enough. Maintain a naked mind and you will always be surprised. ----------------- "Knowing is half the battle" - G.I.Joe. Acting is the other half. |
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Time. Nothing lasts forever except for this moment. Live it well. |
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Work. You trade time, or rather enjoyment of life, for money. Later on, you trade money for enjoyment of life. Make the most of this deal by finding a job you love and spending only on things that give genuine joy. |
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Zen. State of unity and clarity. (See also: Art, Nature, Love, Wisdom) |